Assessing microbial safety of drinking water : improving approaches and methods

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Contaminated drinking water contributes to disease in developing and developed countries worldwide. This book, which is the outcome of a shared WHO-OECD initiative since 1998, provides a state-of-the-art review on approaches and methods used in assessing the microbial safety of drinking-water. It supports a framework for water and offers guidance on the selection and use of available indicators alongside operational monitoring to meet specific information needs. It looks at potential applications of new technologies and emerging methods.  Read more... Ch. 1. Safe drinking water: an ongoing challenge -- Ch. 2. Introducing parameters for the assessment of drinking water quality -- Ch. 3. Assessment of risk -- Ch. 4. Catchment characterisation and source water quality -- Ch. 5. Treatment efficiency -- Ch. 6. Monitoring the quality of drinking water during storage and distribution -- Ch. 7. Surveillance and investigation of contamination incidents and waterborne outbreaks -- Ch. 8. Analytical methods for microbiological water quality testing.